DVD player problems

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dcmeigs
dcmeigs Posts: 708
edited May 2008 in Electronics
The old Toshiba DVD player is all fouled up. It wont play a DVD or CD all the way through with out skipping and stalling.

I'm opening it up for a look see.

Other than massive hairballs stuck to the laser, what else should I look for?
The world is full of answers, some are right and some are wrong. - Neil Young
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,810
    edited May 2008
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    I've had the rails supporting the laser transport run dry and cause CD players to skip. A little dab of lithium grease applied with a Q-tip to each rail cleared the problem right up.
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 708
    edited May 2008
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    I didn't think of that.

    Everything was clean and nice inside. I swabbed the laser with tequila, or maybe it was isopropyl alcohol, I can't remember. Anyway, it worked OK when I put it back together. Might have been the goat sacrifice too.

    I'll try some DC3 on the rails, the dow corning silicone lube. It is my lubricant of choice for things of this nature.

    Thanks for the tip.
    The world is full of answers, some are right and some are wrong. - Neil Young
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